If they actually used that funding to reinvest in their operation, we could have USD trading pairs for every currency on the site that isn't a ticking time bomb, then they could integrate with a payment processor and we could unhinge from BTC instead of having every ALT locked into it.
I thought about this... While its cool to think that alts being based on the BTC standard allows for the possibility of exponential gains (as well as exponential losses), I find it odd that the dollar price of an altcoin should necessarily be subjected to the rise and fall of bitcoin. But I suppose it makes the most sense for practical reasons, such as legality and relative level of financial backing...
Also, the total they made is probably closer to 600-800 BTC if you include votes for all the coins that won the vote and went on to be listed. Forgot to include those.